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Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
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Notes
• To more easily move multiple objects, group them first. For details, see Grouping and
ungrouping objects.
• When you're moving objects, remember that you can also layer, align, and rotate objects to
help you achieve the results you want. For more information, see
Arranging objects.
• You can track the movement of objects on the rulers. To show the rulers, choose View
menu
> Rulers. For more information, see Using the rulers and grid.
Related topics
Moving and resizing panel controls
Moving and resizing popovers
Resizing and reshaping objects
Once you've drawn a line or a shape on a layout, you can reshape or resize it. You can also reshape
or resize field objects,
portals, graphics, text blocks, panel controls, popover buttons, popovers, and
charts. In addition, you can allow objects to resize automatically when the FileMaker Pro window is
resized. Resizing settings also apply to
Preview mode and printing, when the page size is different
from the size of the layout being viewed or printed.
For information about auto-resizing, see Setting auto-resize options for layout objects.
For more information on resizing panel controls, see Moving and resizing panel controls.
For information about resizing graphics, see Formatting graphics on a layout.
To resize one or more objects:
1. In Layout mode, select one or more objects.
For more information, see Selecting objects.
2. Drag one of the selection handles to change the object’s shape and size.
To resize the objects in a specific or precise way, do one of the following:
To Do this
Change only the height or width of a two-dimensional object (for
example, fields, rectangles, ovals, fields, or imported graphics)
Drag a handle that appears
in the center of the object’s
border.
• Force the height and width of a two-dimensional object to be
equal (for example, a rectangle becomes a square, or an oval
becomes a circle)
• Constrain a line to horizontal or vertical
• Constrain the direction you drag to 45-degree increments when
you resize a line
Press Ctrl (Windows) or
Option (OS
X) as you drag a
handle.
Resize the selected objects, keeping their proportions Press Shift as you drag a
handle.